Oyster Bay vs Roslyn Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Oyster Bay and Roslyn Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Oyster Bay and Roslyn Heights are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oyster Bay has the higher population (6,900 vs 6,881 in Roslyn Heights). Roslyn Heights has the higher median household income ($186,696 vs $102,540 in Oyster Bay). Roslyn Heights has the higher median home value ($941,300 vs $634,600 in Oyster Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Oyster Bay	Roslyn Heights
Population	6,900	6,881
Median age	39.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,540	$186,696
Median home value	$634,600	$941,300
Median gross rent	$2,300	$3,159
Housing units	2,931	2,190
Homeownership rate	51.3%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	65.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oyster Bay	Roslyn Heights
Population	5,836 → 6,900 (+18.2%)	6,553 → 6,881 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$96,187 → $102,540 (+6.6%)	$137,150 → $186,696 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$588,300 → $634,600 (+7.9%)	$830,500 → $941,300 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,972 → $2,300 (+16.6%)	$2,102 → $3,159 (+50.3%)

Oyster Bay

Population

5,8366,900

Median household income

$96,187$102,540

Median home value

$588,300$634,600

Median gross rent

$1,972$2,300

Roslyn Heights

Population

6,5536,881

Median household income

$137,150$186,696

Median home value

$830,500$941,300

Median gross rent

$2,102$3,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oyster Bay	Roslyn Heights
Under 5	8.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.2%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	15.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.0%
75 and over	12.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oyster Bay	Roslyn Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	53.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	30.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.6%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oyster Bay	Roslyn Heights
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	21.0%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	32.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oyster Bay	Roslyn Heights
Drove alone	73.5%	58.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.9%
Public transit	3.9%	11.1%
Walked	0.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	17.8%
Other means	3.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oyster Bay	Roslyn Heights
1-unit, detached	49.8%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oyster Bay	Roslyn Heights
Poverty rate	11.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.48	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	40
Median year structure built	1960	1955